Nasdaq Initiatives

Nasdaq Leadership

The leadership team and the business unit senior vice presidents work collectively to bolster Nasdaq as a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services across six continents.

Peter Strandell

Peter Strandell is the Senior Vice President and Group Treasurer for Nasdaq. As the Treasurer, Strandell oversees the Group's Debt/Funding, Asset and liquidity management. In this position he is also responsible for all Counterparty, Currency, Interest rate and Foreign Exchange rate Risk Management.

In addition to Managing Treasury Services, Mr. Strandell also oversees the Risk Management in the Groups Clearing Houses. Since assuming his position, Mr. Strandell has been the financial architect over Nasdaq transformation to a solid Investment Grade company with a well-diversified debt structure and access to multiple sources of capital.

Since the break out of the financial crises in 2008, Peter and his Risk Management team has been focused on implementing new capital adequacy and liquidity models which improves the Groups capacity to better navigate and withstand financial turmoil. Before the current role, Mr. Strandell was the Group Treasurer for the Nordic Exchange group, OMX AB, which he joined 1998.

He holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from Stockholm University. Peter Strandell also serves at the Board of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, New York (SACC).